Hearing waived in crash death

A Blissfield man waived a hearing on felony charges stemming from a June motorcycle crash that resulted in his wife’s death.

Jeffrey Craig Hensley, 50, was bound over Monday from Lenawee County District Court for arraignment Dec. 19 in circuit court.

Hensley was charged last month with operating while intoxicated causing death and

operating while intoxicated causing serious injuries. He faces up to a 15-year prison term if convicted of the charge of causing a death.

He is accused of driving while intoxicated June 17 when his motorcycle went off Crockett Highway near Fike Road and crashed in a ditch. His passenger, Nancy Jean Hensley, 45, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 12:30 a.m. accident. Jeffrey Hensley was admitted to a Toledo hospital with serious injuries.